TextRange with Alien XML Attributes in Java

[rbattistoni]

Hi,

I would like to add an alien XML attribute to a text portion. But I
don't understand very well how I can select only a text portion and add
the attribute only to this text.

Here is the Java code:

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.....

XTextRange xEnd = xText.getEnd();

xEnd.setString(", Now I continue with a new Text
Style...(T1)");
addAttributeToText(xEnd,"semantic-text:text1","N/A");
xEnd = xText.getEnd();
xEnd.setString("I continue again (T2)");
addAttributeToText(xEnd,"semantic-text:text2","N/A");
xText.insertControlCharacter(xTextCursor,
ControlCharacter.PARAGRAPH_BREAK, false);

.......

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Where addAttributeToText method is:

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private void addAttributeToText(XTextRange xTextRange,String
XMLAttrName,String XMLAttrVal) throws UnknownPropertyException,
PropertyVetoException, IllegalArgumentException, WrappedTargetException
{

XPropertySet xCursorProps = (XPropertySet)
UnoRuntime.queryInterface(XPropertySet.class, xTextRange);

XNameContainer uda =
createMyAttribute(xCursorProps,"TextUserDefinedAttributes","CDATA",XMLAttrName,XMLAttrVal);
xCursorProps.setPropertyValue("TextUserDefinedAttributes", uda);

}

....
private XNameContainercreateMyAttribute(XPropertySet xSet,
String propertyName, String XMLAttrType, String XMLAttrName,
String XMLAttrValue) throws UnknownPropertyException,
WrappedTargetException {
AttributeData attr = new AttributeData();
attr.Namespace = nameSpace;
attr.Type = XMLAttrType;
attr.Value = XMLAttrValue;

XNameContainer uda = null;
try {
uda = (XNameContainer) AnyConverter.toObject(new Type(
XNameContainer.class), xSet.getPropertyValue(propertyName));
uda.insertByName(XMLAttrName, attr);

} catch (com.sun.star.lang.IllegalArgumentException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (ElementExistException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return uda;
}
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When I look into the content.xml I have this result:

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<style:style style:name="T1" style:family="text">
<style:text-properties semantic-text:text1="N/A" />
</style:style>

<style:style style:name="T2" style:family="text">
<style:text-properties semantic-text:text1="N/A" semantic-text:text2="N/A"/>
</style:style>

....

<text:p text:style-name="P3">
This is the first Paragraph
<text:span text:style-name="T1">, Now I continue with a new Text Style...(T1)</text:span>
<text:span text:style-name="T2">I continue again(T2)</text:span>
</text:p>

<text:p text:style-name="P4">
<text:span text:style-name="T2">This is the second Paragraph</text:span>
</text:p>

<text:p text:style-name="Standard">
<text:span text:style-name="T2" />
</text:p>

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But T2 is propagated onto next paragraphs too, why this?

XTextRange xEnd = xText.getEnd() should be the range relative to the
text portion added; so I thought that the alien attribute lived only in
this text portion and not in the whole text.

And why has T2 the alien attribute defined in T1 too. I would like to
have an OD content.xml like this:

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<style:style style:name="T1" style:family="text">
<style:text-properties semantic-text:text1="N/A" />
</style:style>

<style:style style:name="T2" style:family="text">
<style:text-properties semantic-text:text2="N/A" />
</style:style>

<text:p text:style-name="P3">
This is the first Paragraph
<text:span text:style-name="T1">, Now I continue with a new Text Style...(T1)</text:span>
<text:span text:style-name="T2">I continue again (T2)</text:span>
</text:p>

<text:p text:style-name="P4">This is the second Paragraph</text:span></text:p>
<text:p text:style-name="Standard"> </text:p>

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Thanks

Roberto